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Butternut Squash Confit with Grilled Pork & XO Sauce
For the second course, Vinny is making a squash dish with pork tenderloin and xo sauce.
Vinny (preparing his dish): "Butternut squash, kind of confited in some brown butter, lemon oil and some thyme aguachile.
Presenting to Judges: "I made you a confit butternut squash. I served it with some grilled pork, an xo condiment in a sauce of butternut. Obviously, we were veg forward. We still want to be able to give you a little bit of protein."
Judges: "I loved Vinny's pork. I thought it was perfectly cooked. The squash was excellent."
"How do you get squash to taste like that? Amazing."
"The low point on the dish, and it still was executed very well, is the pork."
"There was as much pork on the plate as veggies."
Judges Table
"Vinny, what magic juju spell did you put on that squash? Because it's the best Squash I've ever had in my life, which is why we wanted it to be more squash. Beautiful dish."
